Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-07-23
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

PARIS, July 2O-The papers regard the
failure of Sir Henry Drummond VOLTS
mission as victory fer French diplo-
macy.
| TRENTON, N. j., July 1o.-Dorothea l..
Dix. who had national reputation as a
philanthropist, died at the state lunatic as
ylum to-day, aged 80 years.
LONDON, July 21.--Two more great
ironclads have been in collision. The Ag-
! incour. was run in yesterday at Portsmouth
by the Black Prince, and damaged.
| WASHINGTON, July 21.-Oscar J. Har-
vey, the treasurer department forger.
pleaded guilty and has been sentenced TO
twelve years Imprisonment at hard labor.
| RICHMOND, July 2O.-R. NJ. T. Hunter,
| who was speaker in congress in 1859,
| died yesterday. He was afterward sena-
tor, confederate secretary of state and con-
| federate senator.
| Georgetown, D. c., July 22-Ex-
! Congressman Asa II. Glover kied here to-
! dav of heart disease at the age Of 70. He
| was a relative of President Cleveland, and
native of New York.
| CONCORD, N. H., July 21.-U. S.
Senator Chandler says he never wrote the
| letter recently attributed to him In which
he is represented as favoring Blaine and
Sherman as the Republican presidential
ticket.
HELENA, July 2O--The district assem-
| ~ A. 81 -
| here Little business was transacted yes
terday excepting the electing Of Mr..
| O'Neil Of Butte as delegate to the general
assembly.
New YORK, July 21.-The World notes
the fact that Governor Hill, ex-Secretary
| Manning, ex- Treasurer Jordan and Daniel
Lamont have been spending the past few
days at Long Branch together. 1t asks.
sDoes this mean peace!"
| CHEYEsNE, Wyo., July 21.-Jack Burke
accompanied bv Paddy Carroll, his trainer,
| passed through from Denver last evening
enroute from San Francisco, where he
| will fight Paddy Ryan to q finish. He
goes from there to Australia and then
| around the world.
Cork, July 20.-Five hundred delegates
and $50 priests attended the National Lea
que convention here yesterday. William
OBrien presided. He said the object of
the meeting WAS to organize campaign
for the assistance OF tenants. Resolutions
were adopted in accordance with the OBJ
ject of the convention.
OIL C1TY, Pa, July 20.-John McNary,
laborer, aged so years, killed his wife al
midnight yesterday with an axe and NOR
tally shot his son James, aged 81. When
the police arrived he shot officer George
James in the groin, and he will die. OF
ficer Warden then shot McNary in the
back, from the effects of which he will
die
| BILLINGS, July 15.-Articlee Of incor-
poration were fled to-day, for the Mon
tana Draft Horse Company, capital stock
$4,000, in 500 shares OF par Of value
| 800 each, with Office at Billings, by the
following gentlemen: John H. Conrad,
Alfred Heyers, Herman H. Mund, John
McGinnis, Benjamin W. Toole and James
NJ Harris.
! BERLIN, July 2o-The funeral of Alfred
Krupp, the great iron founder, took place
at Essen yesterday. 1t was very impos-
ing. The prince of Hesse represented the
emperor. Twelve hundred workmen
| were present Letters of coincidence were
received from the Emperor William, the
Crown Prince, Prince Bis marck and Mar
shal Won Moltke.
| P1TTsBuRG, July 2o.-A Connelsville
special says that the Miners Amalganlated
Association and the Knights of Labor both
had delegates at the convention to-day and
resolved to resume work On condition that
the coke operators meet their committee
to arrange scale of wages. 1t is the gen
eral opinion that this Is the end of the
great coke strike and there is much re-
| joicing.
| FoRT Benton, July 49, -ThomasJ. Ryan
and j. j. Davis Of St. Paul have bought
about 200 uuimproved lots from W. g,
and c. E. Conrad, I. @. Baker & Co, r.
A. Luke, j. w. Ta.tan, Jos. A. Baker and
others. The consideration is about $2s,
600. The buyers are active real estate
operators in ST. Paul. They came here
with the view Of providing water works,
DuG MI w OQiStOli udO setuEeu tAeGUAtidCt
in advance of them.
| WAsH1SeroN, July 2o.-The army re-
firing board of which Quartermaster
General Holabord is president has re-
commended the retirement Of Captain ].
F. Simpson Of the Third cavalfy, who is
now under treatment at the government
hosDital for the insane CAPTAIN Simnsnn
| is the officer who created scandal in
Arizona few years ago by his conduct
with notorious woman. He was court
nartialed and sentenced to dismissal, but
President Arthur disappruved of the find-
ing Of the court and ordered the officers
restoration to duty. He was ostraeised by
his brother officers and was subsequently,
sent to the insane asylum for treatment.
He will probably be released as soon as a
vacancy occurs on the retired llRt.